Comments on: The most boring can­di­date in the world http://blog.voyou.org/2008/07/25/the-most-boring-candidate-in-the-world/ Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: voyou http://blog.voyou.org/2008/07/25/the-most-boring-candidate-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-32246 voyou Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:13:38 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=232#comment-32246 That does make sense. It always seemed wierdly defective to me: surely he must know that he's going to be heard by at least some people who are not "his friends." But I guess the more troubling thing is that he knows that, and just doesn't care. That does make sense. It always seemed wierdly defective to me: surely he must know that he’s going to be heard by at least some people who are not “his friends.” But I guess the more troubling thing is that he knows that, and just doesn’t care.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.voyou.org/2008/07/25/the-most-boring-candidate-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-32245 Dave Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:31:48 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=232#comment-32245 "My friends" as opposed to my enemies you are either with us or against us you are with us or you're with the terrorists 'we' are in this together (unlike the untrustworthy 'they' outside) its the linguistic equivalent of McCain's brand of conservatism: let's stay here in this bunker of like-minded people, in opposition to the world outside (with its 'internet,' its scary gay people, its 'economists' who claim to know about the economy, its general desire to bring our troops home and leave all that oil unprotected) “My friends”
as opposed to my enemies
you are either with us or against us
you are with us or you’re with the terrorists
‘we’ are in this together (unlike the untrustworthy ‘they’ outside)

its the linguistic equivalent of McCain’s brand of conservatism: let’s stay here in this bunker of like-minded people, in opposition to the world outside (with its ‘internet,’ its scary gay people, its ‘economists’ who claim to know about the economy, its general desire to bring our troops home and leave all that oil unprotected)

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